Am 10.10.2014 um 16:20 schrieb Yamaban:
On Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:06, Michael Riess
wrote: Hi, tried to install Factory on AthlonXP.
It was a little bit frustrating because of several Apps closing with error "Illegal instruction"
i have read a lot on SSE2 optimizations on the list, which are rewind for Qt5 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=897758 but even Firefox doesnt work on AthlonXP
Simple question: Is it possible to upgrade a AthlonXP machine without SSE2 to Factory or 13.2 or is the last possible openSUSE for this machine really 13.1?
I use Factory on AthlonXP 1GHz / 2GB ram as a testing server, with minimal X11, no qt[45] or gtk libs.
Using Yast is possible in "text-mode" e.g. calling "yast2 --ncurses".
For the apps, either you have to recompile the kernel with "emulation" support for SSE2, or recompile the libs and apps without SSE2. Both ways have their on difficulties. Select your poision.
If available you have to select the .i586 packages instead of the .i686 ones.
There will be no easy solution, to small the niche, at least for openSUSE. recompiling the kernel on such a machine would be a pain also trial an run-error and recompile all the needed apps
also recompiling is not an option for people willing to convert from WindowsXP to Linux As openSUSE 13.1 is working fine and LTS it would be an option or just another Distri is needed I am a bit disapointed i cannot recommend openSUSE anymore for anyone :-( and i cannot explain MS-converters why to use the old version of openSUSE, would be to complicated and not encouraging to try it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org